PTBA and PNRE Sign Cooperation to Develop Solar Power Plant on Post-mining Land

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JAKARTA - PT Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk (PTBA) and PT Pertamina New & Renewable Energy (Pertamina NRE) have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the Cooperation for the Development of a Solar Power Plant (PLTS) Project in PTBA's Operational Area.

Director of Product Diversification and Diversification of PTBA, Turino Yulianto said, in addition to developing coal downstream projects such as Coal to DME, SNG and Potassium Humate, PTBA also continues to expand the development of new and renewable energy businesses, where the total portfolio of the Company's PLTS has reached 1.2 MWp.

"Through cooperation with PT Pertamina New & Renewable Energy, we see a great opportunity to optimize the national assets owned by PTBA, including the utilization of post-mining land as a solar power plant (PLTS) development area as well as various other renewable energy potentials that can provide economic, social, and environmental benefits simultaneously," he said in a statement to the media, Thursday, July 2.

Turino assessed that post-mining land that has been reclaimed and rehabilitated has the potential to be transformed into green energy centers.

Thus, areas that were previously part of mining activities can have a new life as a source of clean energy that supports the achievement of Indonesia's Net Zero Emission target.

"One of the problems of PLTS is the provision of land, well on the other hand we have a lot of post-mining land that has been reclaimed. So how good it would be after reclamation to become a new source of energy. We have thousands of hectares, maybe the first I heard from my friends that we have more than 250 Ha of post-mining land that is ready to be used," he explained.

Through projects like this, he continued, PTBA hopes to make a real contribution to significantly reducing carbon emissions and encouraging the creation of a competitive green business ecosystem.

"The Company hopes that the portfolio in the Clean Energy sector can be a stepping stone to obtain Green Funding for future downstream projects," said Turino.